I am completely wiped out today for some reason. I don't understand why. I am well rested, well fed, well oriented. Well, everything.

Last night I went and saw the astronauts debrief. It made me want to become an astronaut (ok, so, I already wanted that... but if it didn't, it would've made me want to be one).

Work today was quasi-productive. I am writing a MATLAB code to make something faster. The technobabble would probably be beyond 95% of my readers, so I will just stick to that. Anyway, I, as usual, frustrated myself looking for the right command to make MATLAB do what I wanted it to do. But its working now. I am becoming more of a programming whiz everyday, in the last week, I learned more about UNIX than cumulatively in my entire life. What an accomplishment!

I have decided after being here two weeks, I am about ready to find some friends. Its very strange working. Not like school, or an internship, where there's this group of people all thrown into a new situation together (the extreme example of this is the intern crowd in Switzerland). Instead, everyone I have met so far is already entrenched in their world here. I think, hopefully, I will meet new people in the Training Academy classes that start on Feb. 5. But that's a long time to wait to have movie and dinner and other random stuff companions (though my roommate is fabulously entertaining).

So, that is my excitement. I am still thrilled with my cell phone. And I have scheduled a day for the movers to drop off my stuff (thank heavens for President's Day holiday..) Oh, and even better, Sarah, Karen and I are planning "AE Female Mafia Takes on the World, Part Kabillion" by taking a road trip in Scotland next fall. I am very very excited about that.